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1 If Microsoft Does Not Build A Cloud Computing Business

Microsoft decided to invest heavily in cloud computing to remain competitive over the next decade as its traditional business model was threatened. Developing a cloud business requires a new financial model and poses weaknesses Microsoft must address, such as building capabilities to compete against other cloud providers. To focus on this strategic initiative, Microsoft created a dedicated cloud computing unit within its organization. While cloud computing is still emerging, an aggressive approach will help Microsoft strengthen its position against competitors in this growing market.

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1 If Microsoft Does Not Build A Cloud Computing Business

Microsoft decided to invest heavily in cloud computing to remain competitive over the next decade as its traditional business model was threatened. Developing a cloud business requires a new financial model and poses weaknesses Microsoft must address, such as building capabilities to compete against other cloud providers. To focus on this strategic initiative, Microsoft created a dedicated cloud computing unit within its organization. While cloud computing is still emerging, an aggressive approach will help Microsoft strengthen its position against competitors in this growing market.

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Solved: 1 If Microsoft does not build a cloud computing

business

1. If Microsoft does not build a cloud computing business, what might happen to the company
over the next decade? Why did the company decide that it had little choice but to invest in cloud
computing?

2. The case talks about Microsoft's strengths, which might help it to build a cloud computing
business. It does not talk about weaknesses. Can you think of any weaknesses that the
company might have?

3. How does the business model for cloud computing differ from the traditional business model
used by companies such as Microsoft? What are the implications of this new business model for
Microsoft's future financial performance?

4. To develop its cloud computing business, Microsoft implemented a self-contained unit within
its organization dedicated to that task. Why do you think that it did this?

5. Cloud computing is still in its infancy. If business history teaches us anything, it is that events
often do not turn out the way that planners thought they would. Given this, might it have been
better for Microsoft to adopt a "wait and see" attitude? What would be the benefits of delaying
investments? What would have been the costs?

With Microsoft's business model being threatened, the company faces the need for a plan that
would bring them back to profitability and to re-position themselves as successful in the
technology market. The plan, cloud computing, is positioned as an answer to many
environmental trends and has the potential for success but Microsoft must remain aggressive in
its stronghold of the initiative among pressing competition.

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